Q: Is 16,683,828 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,683,828 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 16,683,828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 31 42 43 62 84 86 93 124 129 149 172 186 217 258 298 301 372 434 447 516 596 602 651 868 894 903 1,043 1,204 1,302 1,333 1,788 1,806 2,086 2,604 2,666 3,129 3,612 3,999 4,172 4,619 5,332 6,258 6,407 7,998 9,238 9,331 12,516 12,814 13,857 15,996 18,476 18,662 19,221 25,628 27,714 27,993 32,333 37,324 38,442 44,849 55,428 55,986 64,666 76,884 89,698 96,999 111,972 129,332 134,547 179,396 193,998 198,617 269,094 387,996 397,234 538,188 595,851 794,468 1,191,702 1,390,319 2,383,404 2,780,638 4,170,957 5,561,276 8,341,914 and 16,683,828, with no remainder.

Since 16,683,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,683,828, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).